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Midday Update
New listings for Zappa Plays Zappa , The Smithereens , The Feelies and Sonya Kitchell , plus links to items about Warner Music buying a stake in Spanish artist-management company, MTV changing its high-def music channel, copy of Brian Epstein's Beatles contract going on the auction block, eight-year-old guitarist told he's "too young" to play the clubs, Florida to create recording task force and ...
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Verizon Wireless Opens First Evolution Store in Arkansas
Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, will open its newest Communications Store in Fayetteville, Ark., on Aug. 16. The new store is the first in Arkansas to feature the new "evolution" design concept, which offers hands-on interaction with wireless voice, data, music and video products and services in a sleek storefront.
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Euro-Disney and concert halls
Oliver Wheeler has returned home from Europe. In the trip of a lifetime, the Stroud resident toured through Vienna, Salzburg and Paris with the Hunter Central Coast Regional Wind Ensemble.
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Philly Orchestra to perform outside City Hall
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Orchestra is going to end its summer Neighborhood Concert season with a first: The orchestra will perform at Dilworth
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"Mercy" for Veterans
Way back in 1964 legendary, singer/songwriter, Mose Allison wrote a unique anti-war song called “Everybody's Cryin' Mercy". Allison recorded the song for one of his early albums and over the years a few other artists have also recorded it in much the same vein as Allison.
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Ella's Granddaughter Signs First Recording
Granddaughter of Ella Fitzgerald signs first recording contract singing a duet of famous Fitzgerald song with dad Ray Brown Jr. on his upcoming all-star Friends and Family duets-style CD.
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Virginal, Mobile, Festive: Sunday
More star wattage, more choice, more tough choices. V-Mo Fest V. 3, Part II offered more of the same, and in this case, that's a very good thing. In addition to the words and visuals you saw yesterday, today we've also got audio of several on-the-spot interviews Chris conducted at the festival. Copious sound + vision follows! 8/10/08 5:04 PM -Michelle Stafford of Headcount - ...
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Bodock Festival picnic set for Tuesday night
Bodock week is kicking off this Tuesday at 7 p.m. with a picnic style banquet on the lawn of the community house and a special performance at the First Methodist Church on Thursday night.
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Britney in MTV ads, but not confirmed for VMAs
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY NEW YORK (AP) -- Britney Spears may get a shot at redemption during this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
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Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Tonight Hip Pocket (jazz program) With the sound of a big band and spontaneity of a jazz combo, Hip Pocket presents a fresh and unique approach to many of the great jazz classics as well as original songs.
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Music Note Likely Alabama Bound
Godolphin’s Music Note, impressive winner of the grade I Mother Goose and Coaching Club American Oaks likely will stay in her own division and point for the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 16, said assistant trainer Rick Mettee, who runs Godolphin’s U.S.-based stable for trainer Saeed bin Suroor.
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Weathering The Recession
Turns out people can't live without their country music. It's one of the few musical genres seemingly not affected by the economy. We wondered, what else is recession proof?
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So Russell Brand, An Elephant, And Britney Spears Walk Into A Warehouse... [10 First Impressions]
newVideoPlayer("/brandbrit_def.flv", 506, 423,""); Feast your eyes now upon those buzzy promo spots for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards—featuring host Russell "Big in England" Brand, 2007 VMAs...
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They're back! At least they will be soon - with friends
Three music concerts open to the public will be at the 2008 Hot Springs Rally for all motorcycle makes and models Sept. 11-13. Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot will perform Thursday night, Sept. 11; Styx will play Friday night, Sept. 12, and Academy of Country Music award winner Miranda Lambert will perform Saturday night, Sept. 13. All concerts will be at the Summit Arena.
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'Singing Is My Life!'
Xufeng Lin from Singapore to participate in NTDTV’s Chinese International competition in the folk-singing category.
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Musical visit at Badger Farm
MUSIC will be ringing out from Badger Farm Community Centre on Thursday, September 11 as Badger Farm Friendly Group receives a visit from Musicspace. The group, which is for older people, will be having a go at making music during their meeting, which starts at 2pm.
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This Week's Outdoor Movies
The Park District plays movies just about every night , so if you're big on al fresco viewing...enjoy. Tonight: Touch of Evil See Orson Welles's noir masterpiece as he originally intended; this recut version follows instructions Welles gave in an apparently long-lost memo. Grant Park, free, starts at 8:25pm Tomorrow: West Side Story Say it loud and there's music playing; say ...
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Community band grew into umbrella music organization
President of the Hot Springs Concert Band, Will Anderson, gave a brief history of the band's growth since its inception. The Hot Springs Community Band was started in 1975 with 20 band members. Today, the band is called the Hot Springs Concert Band and has approximately 100 musicians. Not all of the musicians play at each concert.
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Optimists plan upcoming fundraiser
"The Magic and Music of Maxwell Blade" will replace night golf as the Optimist Club's major fundraiser this year. The show will take place on Oct. 10 in Woodlands Auditorium.
Hot Springs Village Voice |
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Britney Spears returning to MTV VMAs?
Britney Spears may get a shot at redemption during this year's MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7.
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Olympic opening features lip-synched song
A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games.
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Madonna's Detroit tickets go on sale Aug. 23
Tickets for Madonna's first Detroit concert in seven years go on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 23, tour promoter Live Nation announced today.
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Apple deals: iPod classic, touch, nano
Current generation refurbished iPod classics in two configurations are now available at Apple's online store. The 80GB model ($179) holds up to 20,000 songs with up to 30 hours of music playback or up to five hours of video playback on a single charge while the 160GB model ($279) holds up to 40,000 songs with up to 40 hours of music playback and s...
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Alex Zsolt in concert
America's new gospel pianist, Alex Zsolt, will appear in concert on Aug. 24, at 6:30 p.m., at Balboa Baptist Church. Zsolt presents music that ministers to people of all ages.
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Soundtrack Of Unreleased Movie Coming 34 Years Late
Thirty-four years after an obscure R&B group, The Final Solution, recorded a soundtrack for a blaxploitation film called Brotherman , the music from that film is going to ...
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